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FIREARM. I APPLICATIONv FILED JAN. 24, 1906.

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PATENTED APR. 2, 1907.

W. H. BOUST.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 19 6.

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WIL IAM H. BoUs'r,

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FIREARM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2,1907.

Applieatibu filed January 24, 1906. Serial No, 297.678.

' To all wit/mt it may concern:

dubon, in the county of Audubon, State of, lowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Firearms and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a pertains to make and'use the saine.

his invention relates to firearms, and has for its object. to provide an arm equipped with. means for producing a lightand with means for throwing the light upon an object at which the firearm is aimed.

Another object is to provide an arm thus equipped and having also'means for varying the size of the light thrown.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a revolver constructed in. accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal side section ofthe revolver; r Fig. 3

- is acrossesection on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing inutuallyndj acent the means for revolvmg the shutter-shaft. Fig. his a view showing the forward end of therevolver. Fig.5 is a detail illustrating the shutter mechanism. r

Referring now to the drawings, the present firearm which is shown as a revolver having a grip 5, look mechanism 6, and barrel 7. Beneath the barrel and extending longitudinally thereof there is a tube 8, having in its the forward portion able to give access rearward end a lamp 9,

to the lamp. The for- ,ward and rearward portions of the tube are indicated at and 11, respectively, and are connected by a screw-joint 12, and at their ends these sections 10 and ll have inwardly-extending annular flanges l0 and 11, res cctiveiy, which coeperate to receive and heir a-lens l3 therebetween.

The handle 5 has a chamber 6 therewithin, and in this chamber there is located a battery 7, which is connected, by means of a wire 14, with the lamp 9. A push-button is mounted in the handle thumb, of the user, and this push-button is connected with the battery by means of a l6 and with the lamp by means of a wire it will thus be seen that the push-butof the tube being detach I for operation by the ton may be operated to light the lamp, and the lens 13 is disposed, as shown, to roject the light of the lamp through the en of the ,tube, the arrangement being such that the resultant spot of light is so rojejeted with respect to the barrel that a sl iot fifed from the barrel will strike in the center of the spot.

At the forward end of the tube 8 there is a shutter 18, which includes a supporting-ring 19, upon which are pivoted a plurality of leaves 20, having toothed outer ends '21, which mesh with an internal gear 22, the gear 22 having also external teeth 23,meshing with a pinion 24, carried by a shaft 25,

'whlch eX'tends rear-wardly within the tube, the arrangement being such that rotation of as will be readily understood, and -these leaves, as will be seen from the drawings, 0 4 crate tovary the size of the opening at tl ie forward end of the tube and may be moved into position to completely cover this openmg. I A

At its rearward end the shaft 25 has a small pinion 26, and meshing-with this pinion there are apair of transversely-extending rack-bars 27 and 28, which extend oppositely beyond the faces of thetube and in position for engagement of their outer ends by the fingers of the user of tile arm. It will thus be seen that inward movement of one of these rack-bars will cause the shaft 25 to rotate in one direction to close the shutter, while inward movement of the other rackbar will open the shutter.

The revolver includes a cylinder 29, having a ivot-shaft 30 movable into and out of the cy inder, and this shaft has rack-teeth 31,

with which there meshes a pinion 32,-carried thumb-wheel at its outer end, this thumbwheel being operable to. move the ivot-shafti into and'out of the cylinder, as wi stood. v

The revolver includes the usual metallic frame 34, in which the lock mechanism and other portions are mounted.

What is claimed is-- 1. The combination with afirearm, oft. tube carried thereby and including forward and rearward detachably-connected sections,

ally-adjacent ends, the flanges and lying within the tube, a lamp within the rearward. section, and a shutter at the forward end of the tube.

this'shaft results in movement of the leaves,

by a laterally-extending shaft 33, having a flanges carried by the sections at their mutua lens engaged between be under-j 2. In a revo1ver,'the combination with a frame, of a revoluble cylinder mounted therein, a pivot-sh aft s'lidably engaged in the cylinder and the frame for rotation of the cylinder in the frame, said pivot-shaft having rack-teeth thereupon, a pinion meshed with the rack-teeth. and a shaftearried by the pinion, said second-named shaft being arranged for rotation of the pinion to move :o the pivot-shaft into and out of the cylinder.

3. The combination with a firearm, of a tube carried thereby and having an open end,

! a shutter forthe open end, an operating- 5 shaft for the shutter, a pinion carried by the Witnesses: I Jonn REINEMUND,-JI., I MICHAEL BOUST.

i operating shaft, a transversely extending r5 WILLIAM H. BOUST. I 

